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Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

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On the other hand, pure electric vehicles (meaning those powered only by batteries) were involved in just 25 fires per 100,000 sold. A citywide backlash against battery-powered vehicles followed, as reported by multiple sources. In the U.S., Yet, says, Paul A. 498 of the vehicles in its holds were electric cars.

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Ford Launching Transit Connect in US Starting This Summer; Battery-Electric Version Due in 2010

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Ford also said that the first product in Ford’s new electric vehicle plan announced in January( earlier post ) will be a battery electric-powered version of the Transit Connect commercial vehicle. More than 600,000 Ford Transit Connects have been sold since 2003, to customers in 58 countries and on four continents. Earlier post.).

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EIA: China promoting both fuel efficiency and alternative-fuel vehicles to curb growing oil use

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million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2003 to more than 2 million bbl/d in 2013, according to figures from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). China Electric (Battery) Fuel Efficiency Oil Policy' Consumption of gasoline in China grew from 0.9

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GM To Manufacture Electric Motors; First GM Motors Will Go Into Next-Gen Two-Mode Hybrid in 2013

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By designing and manufacturing electric motors in-house, we can more efficiently use energy from batteries as they evolve, potentially reducing cost and weight—two significant challenges facing batteries today. Affordability. Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids Motors Vehicle Manufacturers. Photo by John F.

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Nissan FY 2014 global corporate activities reduce CO2 emissions by 22.6% compared to FY 2005

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The Nissan Energy Saving Collaboration (NESCO) conducts annual surveys (starting 2003 in Japan and 2013 in Europe, Mexico and China) to measure energy loss at Nissan plants in order to develop ongoing new energy-saving countermeasures. In all, the use of clean energies accounted for 68% of the production at the Aguascalientes A1 Plant.

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Congestion charge and electric vehicles: Everything you need to know

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The London Congestion Charge was first introduced in 2003. There’s also a cleaner vehicle discount of 100% which applies only to battery electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles from 25 October 2021. This applies to everything from the affordable and popular Nissan Leaf to the luxury Porsche Taycan.

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UK study concludes cumulative global sales of EVs could reach 30M units by 2050, or 1.5% of projected global car parc; decisive global action required

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Challenges and issues discussed in this report include: To compete with advancing gasoline/diesel engines, EV traction batteries have to be much more than twice as energy dense as lithium-ion ever will be, at least three times cheaper, and last much longer before replacement.

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